Brian Nystrom ranted:

Yeah, that's just what we need, more drunken idiots out motoring around
on the water. That's really brilliant. Do us all a favor and post your
party plans here, so we can tell the authorities where to bust your
sorry asses.

First of all, Brian, you missed the whole point. The barge would be tied to a
moored boat.
Second, the fact that none of us were taking it at all seriously obviously went
waaaayyyyy over your head.
DUCK!

Steve ;-)

Steve,

I'm kinda with Brian on this. It's a little hard to detect irony nowadays.
My suggestion is to launch about 6 beers above Niagra falls...

Have a friend with a cottage on a quiet bay that had to put up with a
semi-commercial party barge one summer. Not to be snotty, large schools of
yachters can be particularly lacking in joy too. Something about boorishness
increasing with the square of the number in the group.

surfnturf

"Stephen Baker" wrote in message
...
Brian Nystrom ranted:

Yeah, that's just what we need, more drunken idiots out motoring around
on the water. That's really brilliant. Do us all a favor and post your
party plans here, so we can tell the authorities where to bust your
sorry asses.

First of all, Brian, you missed the whole point. The barge would be tied
to a
moored boat.
Second, the fact that none of us were taking it at all seriously obviously
went
waaaayyyyy over your head.
DUCK!

Steve ;-)

surfnturf says:

I'm kinda with Brian on this. It's a little hard to detect irony nowadays.

True, too true. I just felt that maybe Brian could have started by asking "Are
you idiots really SERIOUS?" before launching his first barrage.
Honestly, the thought of having a party-barge-for-hire in any harbour doesn't
do wonders for the imagination, but Newport is just the kind of place that
might allow such a beast.
At least no-one has actually built one here yet. And I don't live in Newport
;-))
Steve